Bram Stoker's Dracula - Edited by Jan Needle - After discovering the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.
Buried Fire - Jonathan Stroud - Thirteen-year-old Michael McIntyre must choose between his family and his new powers when an imprisoned dragon awakes and releases an evil long held in slumber.
Cirque de Freak - Darren Shan - Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.
City of Bones - Cassandra Clare - Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizzare world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A Kaplan SAT-raising classic - Robert Louis Stevenson- A kind and respected doctor creates a drug which turns him into a murderous criminal.
Frankenstein : a Kaplan SAT score-raising classic - Mary Shelly - The story of Dr. Frankenstein and the obsessive experiment that leads to the creation of a monstrous and deadly creature is accompanied by 629 SAT vocabulary words highlighted and defined on pages opposite those of the text.
Love Curse of the Rumbaughs - Jack Gantos - A young woman named Ivy, who made a shocking discovery in her small western Pennsylvania town when she was seven years old and learned a surprising secret nine years later, questions whether she has inherited the Rumbaugh curse of having excessive love for one's mother.
Revenge of the Witch - Joseph Delaney - After the death or disappearances of twenty-nine ghost apprentices, only twelve-year-old Thomas Ward is left to fill the position. He goes off with old Spook to learn the trade of ridding the village of evil such as witches and creepy things. Thomas is unaware that soon he must destroy the most terrifying witch of all, Mother Malkin.
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer - When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
Vampire Plagues, London 1850 - Sebastian Rook - An enormous ship has just reached port. From its hull, a flock of bats ascends and disappears into the streets. Jack Harkett intends to board the ship, in search of food or money. Instead, he encounters a boy his own age -- running for his life! The boy recounts horrific tales about a vampire plague that's killed the entire crew. With no one to turn to but each other, the two boys vow to stop these horrors from continuing.
Whisper in the Dark - Joseph Bruchac - An ancient and terrifying Narragansett native-American legend begins to come true for a teenage long-distance runner, whose recovery from the accident that killed her parents has stunned everyone, including her guardian aunt in Providence, Rhode Island.
Horror Fiction
Bram Stoker's Dracula - Edited by Jan Needle - After discovering the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.
Buried Fire - Jonathan Stroud - Thirteen-year-old Michael McIntyre must choose between his family and his new powers when an imprisoned dragon awakes and releases an evil long held in slumber.
Cirque de Freak - Darren Shan - Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.
City of Bones - Cassandra Clare - Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizzare world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A Kaplan SAT-raising classic - Robert Louis Stevenson- A kind and respected doctor creates a drug which turns him into a murderous criminal.
Frankenstein : a Kaplan SAT score-raising classic - Mary Shelly - The story of Dr. Frankenstein and the obsessive experiment that leads to the creation of a monstrous and deadly creature is accompanied by 629 SAT vocabulary words highlighted and defined on pages opposite those of the text.
Love Curse of the Rumbaughs - Jack Gantos - A young woman named Ivy, who made a shocking discovery in her small western Pennsylvania town when she was seven years old and learned a surprising secret nine years later, questions whether she has inherited the Rumbaugh curse of having excessive love for one's mother.
Revenge of the Witch - Joseph Delaney - After the death or disappearances of twenty-nine ghost apprentices, only twelve-year-old Thomas Ward is left to fill the position. He goes off with old Spook to learn the trade of ridding the village of evil such as witches and creepy things. Thomas is unaware that soon he must destroy the most terrifying witch of all, Mother Malkin.
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer - When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
Vampire Plagues, London 1850 - Sebastian Rook - An enormous ship has just reached port. From its hull, a flock of bats ascends and disappears into the streets. Jack Harkett intends to board the ship, in search of food or money. Instead, he encounters a boy his own age -- running for his life! The boy recounts horrific tales about a vampire plague that's killed the entire crew. With no one to turn to but each other, the two boys vow to stop these horrors from continuing.
Whisper in the Dark - Joseph Bruchac - An ancient and terrifying Narragansett native-American legend begins to come true for a teenage long-distance runner, whose recovery from the accident that killed her parents has stunned everyone, including her guardian aunt in Providence, Rhode Island.